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 DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICBO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 



E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



VI. 



[Continued from page 160 of this Volume.) 



G-ELECHIAD.E. 



Aristotelia thalamitis, n. sp. 



#$. 11-12 mm. Head glossy pale ochreous, with fuscous lateral stripes, 

 sides yellower. Palpi whitish-ochreous, irrorated with blackish except at apex 

 of joints, scales of second joint roughened above towards apex, terminal joint 

 thickened, somewhat shorter than second. Antennae dark fuscous, towards apex 

 irregularly dotted with whitish. Thorax whitish-ochreous irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, and mixed on sides with yellowish. Abdomen shining bronzy-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, very narrow, attenuated from i, acute ; 6 and 7 out of 8 ; 

 whitish-ochreous densely irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, sometimes 

 mixed with white in disc ; oblique blackish marks on costa near base and at \, 

 and blackish marks on fold obliquely beyond each of these, second representing 

 plical stigma and edged posteriorly with ochreous-yellowish suffusion, which is 

 sometimes extended along fold ; round black dots beneath middle of costa and 

 in disc at §, edged with ochreous-yellowish suffusion ; some ochreous-yellow 

 suffusion towards base of dorsum, and towards apex ; costa posteriorly suffused 

 with dark fuscous, and marked with three or four white specks ; several white 

 specks along termen: cilia light grey, at apex ochreous-yellowish with two 

 blackish lines. Hindwmgs £, cilia 5 ; grey, thinly scaled in disc anteriorly ; 

 cilia light grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September and October : thirty specimens. 



Aristotelia citroeosma, n. sp. 



$ 9 . 7-9 mm. Head pale shining fuscous, sides brassy-yellow, face pale 

 yellowish. Palpi light yellow, a subapical ring of second joint and anterioi 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous, terminal joint longer than second. An- 

 tennae dark fuscous, with white rings at intervals of three joints. Thorax 

 brassy-yellow, patagia light fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lance- 

 olate ; 6 separate ; fuscous, darker-irro rated ; markings brassy-yellow ; a very 

 oblique fascia near base ; a thick streak running from \ of costa to near dorsum 

 about middle, thence curved upwards to disc beyond middle, again angulated 

 downwards to tornus and continued along termen to apex ; an oblique stngula 

 on costa beyond origin of this, and another at £ : cilia grey, round apex yellow, 

 Hindwiugs £, cilia 4 ; grey, thinly scaled in disc ; cilia pale grey. 



Khasi Hills, from September to November ; Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March 

 and May (Pole) ; thirty specimens. 



